Chapter 123: Return to the Holy City

At the gates of the Holy City.

Shen Xin had just been about to enter the city when a piercing alarm rang out at the gate.

“Beep, beep, beep! Attention, unidentified individual attempting to enter!”

“Stop! Outsiders are forbidden from entering the Holy City! Present your citizen card.”

The wedding company’s staff had already come over three times to hurry them along. If they delayed any longer, they would probably miss the appointed time. Since death awaited him either way, it was better to put the greater good first. After all, this was someone’s wedding, a truly momentous occasion. Guan Xu, you could kiss her anytime—why did you have to choose such an inappropriate time and place?

One thunderous sound after another tore through the air. The sword energies filling the sky struck directly against the circular protective aura condensed by Mo Xinghe, which absorbed every last shred of sword energy and forcibly blocked Tang Yu’s attack.

Chen Haotian screamed hysterically, but Liu Sandao had already seized him and dragged him outside. They were no match for the killing god before them. It was better to leave as soon as possible.

The Prince of Yanbei had not done so. It was only after those people repeatedly harassed him and his family that he finally gave the order to contend for supremacy over the realm.

When Princess Mengxi saw the black aura coiling around the prince, her initial shock soon gave way to wild delight.

Bai Xiao said nothing. He merely raised his hands and began gesturing—now to the left, now to the right, now high, now low—while constantly muttering some incomprehensible incantation. Everyone turned to look at him, unable to tell what he intended to do.

“I have no particular need for pomp. But Brother Lin, you’ve just returned from outside today. If we don’t make a proper show of it, won’t people look down on you?” Liu Shuaishuai said with a sly grin.

After the family portrait came the wedding photographs. Guan Xu could not personally take Old Master Tang and Madam Su to the airport, so he had to find Shen Jin to run the errand.

He glanced over sideways. His luminous eyes glittered like starlight. Had Su Jiyue not already seen through his true nature, she might well have been deceived by his present appearance and fallen for him. Unfortunately, Lou Tianlang’s heart was as venomous as a snake’s—more poisonous than any serpent. To be bewitched by that handsome face would have been utterly foolish.

Wu Er’s words sounded pleasant enough, but in truth, he simply intended to beat those people up and leave them to fend for themselves.

The illusion-based magic within him trembled faintly, as though it had sensed something. It even grew subtly excited, prostrating itself before the black token in Liu Yi’s hand as if worshiping a sovereign.

Heavy snow had begun falling again the previous night and had continued until dawn. Under such conditions, there was no way to deal with the ice bats according to the original plan. Just as expected, Wu Shixun sent someone to inform Qi Yu that the operation had been postponed.

White vapor spread outward, expanding to an immense scale in an instant. Like a tide reaching the heavens, it shook the mountains, leveled the peaks, and crashed headlong into the combined strike of the thirteen undead.

The atmosphere was taut, thick with the smell of gunpowder. Yet just as they were about to clash at close quarters, a domineering roar suddenly broke in and forcibly stopped them.

After hearing this, Yaorao looked somewhat astonished. It would have been strange if she had not been surprised. Who could have imagined that such an apparently simple matter concealed so many far-reaching implications?

The sword light swept across the area, and the white waves surrounding the old man in green robes suddenly vanished, leaving behind a circular empty space.

As soon as his voice fell, a terrifying, bone-chilling aura emerged from his body and surged toward Liu Yi.

The Demon Dragon Ape let out a pained yet furious roar. Its enormous body crawled out of the earth where it had been buried, its face twisted with rage.

Duyuan saw Grinton, the general manager of the Jingyue Group’s branch, being helped to his feet by his attendants and stepping aside. He then said, “Everyone, there is no need to see us any farther.”

Seeing that everything had been properly arranged, Duyuan bade farewell to Qu Zhifeng and Douglas of Dobonanning City.